Lot 5
  • 5

AN INCISED SANCAI 'FISH' DISH LIAO – JIN DYNASTY |

Estimate
60,000 - 80,000 HKD
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Description

  • 14.6 cm, 5 3/4  in.
with shallow rounded sides supported on a short foot, the interior carved and decorated with a yellow-bordered medallion enclosing a fish swimming among water weeds, all in yellow, cream and brown glazes against a green ground, the underside unglazed

Provenance

Acquired in Hong Kong in 1983.

Exhibited

Chugoku meito ten: Chugoku toji 2000-nen no seika [Exhibition of Chinese Pottery: Two Thousand Years of Chinese Ceramics], Tokyo, 1992, cat. no. 37.

Condition

Good overall condition. As visible in the catalogue photo, the glaze is slightly worn, and there are minor glaze flakes and firing imperfections.
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